Vase

Isaac de Benserade

1680–1700 · Earthenware · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

The vase is decorated with a scene from the story of Atalanta and Milanion in Ovid's Metamorphoses, based on an engraving in the translation by the court poet Isaac Benserade (1613–1691) published in 1676 (see 34.17.1).

Artist

Isaac de Benserade

Date

1680–1700

Medium

Earthenware

Culture

French, Nevers

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of Alfred Duane Pell, 1902